Category Archives: Environment
Mountaintop Removal
“Remember to remove the I Love Mountains bumper sticker before heading into coal country.” That was advice I gave myself before touring counties where mountaintops are being “removed” by open mining in the heart of Appalachia. I wasn’t a declared … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Nature
Tagged Appalachia, John Grisham, mountaintop removal, Nicholas County, open coal mine, West Virginia
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Last Flight of the Dough Bird (Eskimo curlew)
Everyone knows the most abundant bird in North America was driven to extinction a century ago by market hunting and habitat destruction. The very last passenger pigeon, called Martha, died in Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. But few people know the … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Environment
Tagged Dough bird, Eskimo curlew, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Robert T. Morris
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Virginia Nature Journal for May
The virtual extinction of the American chestnut across its range is like the story of the sack and burning of Troy. A few old timers can still remember when it was the dominant canopy tree both sides of the Appalachian … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Memoir
Tagged American chestnut tree, Blacksmith, blight, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Make Meat Special
Feeling carnivorous or vegetarian, or somewhere in-between? Is it okay to be carnivorous? Is it natural (whatever that means)? I asked these questions when I was a teenager, like many other people who love animals. For a while I half-heartedly … Continue reading
Posted in Biomedical, Environment
Tagged carnivore, dietary calories, Elsie Widdowson, grass fed beef, paleo diet, price of meat
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 